[c-nsp] IPv6 prefixes

Massimiliano Stucchi stucchi-lists at glevia.com
Tue Jun 18 05:12:37 EDT 2013


On 6/18/13 10:50 AM, Ahmed Hilmy wrote:
> Hello Friends,
> At IPv4 prefixes , we advertised with /24 ( maximum prefix length )
> At IPv6 prefixes , it will be /48 ?
> I would like to confirm it

The more you can aggreate, the better it is for everybody.

While it's okay (so far) to announce separate /48s from your allocation, 
it's generally a better idea to announce the whole /32 you got from your 
RIR.  This will definitely help in keeping the routing table at a 
reasonable size.

Ciao!

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Massimiliano Stucchi


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